Op 19/02/2021 om 00:46 schreef Bald Eagle:
> So, I was initially playing with this as a _pigment_, but then I remembered that
> a pigment is only a surface effect, and I couldn't get the funnel to show up
> through the "clear" portions.
> 
> So I implemented it in media, but the parts of the media that don't have density
> don't seem to be transparent.
> 
> I needed to play around a bit with the math, and that gave the bonus discoveries
> that I could add a funnel shape term and a "ground effect" term.
> 
> Still needs a lot of work to get it to seamlessly transition from the parent
> pattern to the vortex-rotated pattern.
> 
> 
> I'm assuming that I will need to do an isosurface if I want to texture it like a
> normal object with a color_mapped pigment.
> 

Smart. Following this with interest.

-- 
Thomas

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